Passes the Bechdel test
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971. Directed by Mel Stuart, written by Roald Dahl and Robert Kaufman and David Seltzer.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 102. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factory. Along the way, mild disasters befall each of the odious children, but can Charlie beat the odds and grab the brass ring?
- Released
- 30 Jun 1971
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Rated
- G
- IMDb
- 7.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 67 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 4 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mr. Wonka 177 lines, man
- Charlie 89 lines, man
- Grandpa Joe 34 lines, man
- Mr. Beauregarde 29 lines, man
- Mr. Salt 29 lines, man
- Mike 27 lines, man
- Veruca 27 lines, woman
- Violet 24 lines, woman
- Mrs. Teevee 23 lines, woman
- Grandpajoe 21 lines, man
Full cast, 45 people
- Peter Ostrum as Charlie
- Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka
- Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe
- Diana Sowle as Mrs. Bucket
- Julie Dawn Cole as Veruca Salt
- Roy Kinnear as Mr. Salt
- Denise Nickerson as Violet Beauregarde
- Leonard Stone as Mr. Beauregarde
- Paris Themmen as Mike Teevee
- Nora Denney as Mrs. Teevee
- Michael Böllner as Augustus Gloop
- Ursula Reit as Mrs. Gloop
- Aubrey Woods as Bill
- David Battley as Mr. Turkentine
- Günter Meisner as Mr. Slugworth
- Peter Capell as The Tinker
- Werner Heyking as Mr. Jopeck
- Peter Stuart as Winkelmann
- Franziska Liebing as Grandma Josephine (uncredited)
- Ernst Ziegler as Grandpa George (uncredited)
- Dora Altmann as Grandma Georgina (uncredited)
- Pat Coombs as Henrietta Salt (uncredited)
- Michael Goodliffe as Mr. Teevee (uncredited)
- Kurt Großkurth as Mr. Gloop (uncredited)
- Madeline Stuart as Madeline Durkin (uncredited)
- Bob Roe as Peter Goff (uncredited)
- Stephen Dunne as Stanley Kael (uncredited)
- Gloria Manon as Mrs. Curtis (uncredited)
- Walker Edmiston as Mr. Slugworth (voice) (uncredited)
- Victor Beaumont as Doctor (uncredited)
- Tim Brooke-Taylor as Computer Scientist (uncredited)
- Jack Latham as First Newscaster (uncredited)
- Michael Gahr as Reporter in Germany (uncredited)
- Ed Peck as FBI Agent (uncredited)
- Frank Delfino as Auctioneer (uncredited)
- Rusty Goffe as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- Malcolm Dixon as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- George Claydon as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- Ismed Hassan as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- Norman McGlen as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- Angelo Muscat as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- Pepi Poupee as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- Marcus Powell as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- Albert Wilkinson as Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
- Diana Lee as Mrs. Bucket (singing voice) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 17% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 102
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 to 18 | 4 | 11 |
| 19 to 21 | 2 | 26 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 to 33 | 12 | 15 |
| 34 to 36 | 8 | 4 |
| 37 to 39 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 1 | 22 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 51 | 7 | 5 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 4 | 10 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 13 |
| 67 to 69 | 4 | 10 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 5 |
| 73 to 75 | 6 | 11 |
| 76 to 78 | 3 | 3 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 2 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 4 | 21 |
| 88 to 90 | 8 | 34 |
| 91 to 93 | 43 | 144 |
| 94 to 96 | 21 | 107 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 35 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 19 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MRS. TEEVEE: Someone gimme a gun! VERUCA: Let me out or I'll scream. MRS. TEEVEE: Someone's touching mel
VERUCA: I want an Everlasting Gobstopperl VIOLET: Me, tool
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 20 are women's.
132 lines from women, 516 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 29 men in the cast. 10 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 26 of 780.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 66 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 17% of the words (1,244), men 83% (6,138). Women have 20% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
4
Two men
71
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Mel Stuart (man)
- Written by
- Roald Dahl (man), Anthony Newley (man), Leslie Bricusse (man)
- Produced by
- Stan Margulies (man), David L. Wolper (man)
- Shot by
- Arthur Ibbetson (man)
- Edited by
- David Saxon (man)
- Music by
- Leslie Bricusse (man), Walter Scharf (man)
- Costumes by
- Helen Colvig (woman)
- Cast by
- Marion Dougherty (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
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Production
1 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 6 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 4 men
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 28 on average. Men: 35 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Julie Dawn Cole 13, Denise Nickerson 14, Diana Sowle 41, Nora Denney 43
Men
Paris Themmen 12, Peter Ostrum 13, Roy Kinnear 37, Gene Wilder 38, Leonard Stone 47, Jack Albertson 64
Exhibit H: the money
It made 79% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- $2.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 102 scenes and 780 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
